THE " ROBERTS " FUND FOR NATIONAL RIFLE SHOOTING.
[TO Till EDITOR OW Till " seaerAmon29 may be that the appeal made through the Press by Earl Roberts to the nation will meet with the success that it deserves, coming as it does from a high-minded, patriotic statesman, but I very much doubt his getting 2100,000, or anything approaching that sum. But now for something practical. We want to help Lord Roberts to get the sinews of war to help him in his crusade. How is it to be done ? The answer is not difficult. Let the women of England and Scotland and Wales and Ireland—the many good ones, one at least in every village in the country, and in every ward in the towns—stir themselves, shake the scales off their eyes, arm themselves with subscription-lists in any form they think best, pray the men for money, and pay the amount received to Lord Roberts's Fund, at Cox and Co.'s, 16 Charing Cross, London. Let the committees of all kinds of clubs throughout the kingdom (both gentlemen's and ladies'), and the managers of hotels, authorise their secretaries (as a wholly exceptional matter) to put up subscription-lists in their halls and club- houses for this purpose, attached to a copy of Lord Roberts's Whit-Monday letter. So shall we show that we can do some- thing for our people and our country without waiting for the tardy aid of Government.—I am, Sir, &a,
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